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Biographies
Source:
History of Preble County, Ohio
H. Z.
Williams & Bro, Publishers
1881
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CORNELIUS Van AUSDAL ok
Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z.
Williams & Bro., Publishers - 1881 - Page 144 |
Jacob Vance |
JACOB VANCE was
born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1803. His
father John Vance, was a native of the same State,
where he married Elizabeth Long, and in the spring
of 1807 emigrated with his family to Preble county, Ohio.
They travelled by wagon to Brownsville, thence by the Ohio river
to Cincinnati on a fiat-boat. The team was brought through
by land and arrived at Cincinnati two weeks in advance of the
arrival of the boat. At Cincinnati the journey was resumed
by wagon, and in the latter part of April the family arrived in
Lanier township, where Mr. Vance had previously
entered one hundred and sixty acres of land. They set to
work and rolled up a log cabin, cleared off a piece of ground,
and had a crop in that same spring. After living there two
years Mr. Vance moved to Harrison township, settling a
mile south of Lewisburgh, where he afterwards lived. He
and his wife both died in 1845. Their family consisted of
eleven children, as follows: Maria, Martin, Elizabeth,
Rebecca, Catharine, John, George, Jacob,
Frederick, Michael, and Sarah. The
only survivors are Jacob, the subject of this sketch;
Michael, who lives in Indiana; and Sarah (Mrs. Wikle),
living in Harrison township.
Jacob Vance was married April 19, 1827, to
Elizabeth Juday, daughter of Frederick Juday, of
Harrison township. He resided on his father’s farm five
years after his marriage, when he rented a farm adjoining.
This he occupied for two years, and then removed to Twin
township. He occupied a cabin on Twin creek for four
years, and then moved to the place where he now lives. This was
forty-one years ago, and the old hewed log house into which he
moved is still used, adjoining his present residence, which was
built in 1863. Mr. Vance began here in the woods,
cleared up a farm which is now a well improved property of one
hundred and fifty-six acres. His wife died March 6, 1870,
aged sixty-four years, eleven months and twelve days.
Mr. Vance is the father of nine children, as
follows: Eve Elizabeth, wife of John
Jordan, born January 11, 1828; Sarah, born July 28,
1831, died in 1863; Isabella, born June 6, 1834; Maria,
wife of John Ashbaugh, born May 26, 1837; Isaac,
born March 16, 1840, married Catharine Houk, and
occupies the farm with his father; Lydia, born February
6, 1842; Amanda, born November 30, 1844. Two
children died in infancy.
Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z.
Williams & Bro., Publishers - 1881 - Page 330 |
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